Tax benefits for Manufacturers to go up in budget: NBR As per the National Board of Revenue chairman, Manufacturers of mobile handset, refrigerator and other electrical and electronic products will get higher tax benefits compared with assemblers of the products in the budget for 2019-2020 fiscal year. At a pre-budget

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.48% (Jan 23’19) 4.16% (Jan 16’19) 0.32% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6138.38 (Jan 23’19) 7261.39 (Jan 16’18) 15.47% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.26% (Jan 24’19) 5.30% (Jan 17’19) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.49% (Jan 24’19)

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 4.61% (Aug 21’19) 4.61% (Aug 21’19) 0.88 % Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 3,544.88 (Aug 21’19) 3,544.88 (Aug 21’19) 11.99% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.43% (Aug 01’19) 5.43% (Aug 01’19) 0.55% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.58% (Aug

Money Market   Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change   Average Call Money Rate 5.21 % (Mar 18’20) 5.15 % (Mar 12’20) 0.06 %   Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 1,214.27 (Mar 18’20) 1,592.84 (Mar 12’20) 23.76% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.69% (Mar ’12) 5.70% (Feb ’20) 0.01 %

Money Market   Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change   Average Call Money Rate 4.17% (Feb 06’19) 4.47% (Jan 30’19) 0.30%   Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 6590.52 (Feb 06’19) 4870.02 (Jan 30’19) 35.33% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.26% (Feb 07’19) 5.26% (Jan 31’19) 0.00% Weighted Average Lending Rate